Interview by Jenny Desmond Walters for SCBWI Bologna 2010
On your website, you have wonderful information for people interested in learning more about your agency. One of the things you mention is that Greenhouse is looking for stories that have “a great concept, memorable characters and a strong voice.”
Can you give some specific examples of the kinds of qualities that make characters memorable to you as you read?
Today PaperTigers announced its Spirit of PaperTigers Project, an initiative of Pacific Rim Voices, with the aim of promoting literacy “while raising awareness of our common humanity.”
This will involve a donation of 100 book sets of seven carefully selected multicultural books to libraries and schools in areas of need across the globe.
Susan VanHecke is the debut author of Rock ‘N’ Roll Soldier: A Memoir, co-authored by Dean Ellis Kohler (HarperTeen, 2009). From the promotional copy:
“During a time when none of us knew for sure if we would live or die, I came to know the true power of music.”
Dean Kohler is about to make it big–he’s finally scored a national record deal!
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Teenreads.com is again collaborating with the Children’s Book Council (CBC) on the 2010 Teen Choice Book of the Year, offering teens an opportunity to share their five favorite books of 2009.
The five titles that receive the most votes will serve as the finalists for the CBC’s 2010 Teen Choice Book of the Year.
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Interview by Jenny Desmond Walters for SCBWI Bologna 2010
Wow, you have an impressive set of credentials, and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to ask you some questions today.
I see on your client list that you have well-established YA authors like Ellen Hopkins as well as debut YA authors like Holly Thompson,
Continue Reading SCBWI Bologna 2010 Agent Interview: Laura Rennert of Andrea Brown Literary Agency »
Rainbow Books 2010: a bibliography of picture books as well as fiction and nonfiction for older children and teens from ALA Rainbow Project. Peek: “The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table and the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association have released the 2010 Rainbow Project Bibliography of recommended titles for youth from birth to age 18 that contain significant and authentic gay,
Lara Zielin is the first-time author of Donut Days (Putnam, 2009), which was recently name to the 2010 Texas Library Association Lone Star List. From the promotional copy:
Emma has a lot going on. Her best friend’s not speaking to her, a boy she’s known all her life is suddenly smokin’
Congratulations to the winners of the third American Indian Youth Services Literature Award, given by the American Indian Library Association!
The winner for best picture book was A Coyote Solstice Tale by Thomas King, illustrated by Gary Clement (Groundwood, 2009). From the promotional copy:
Trickster Coyote is having his friends over for a festive solstice get-together in the woods when a little girl comes by unexpectedly.
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Warren Hanson is an illustrator and author who has helped create some very beloved books.
He illustrated Tom Hegg’s NYT Bestseller A Cup of Christmas Tea (Waldman House, 2004) and four books about a lovable, many-colored bear named Peef (Waldman House). He has written and illustrated The Next Place (Waldman House,
Interview by Jenny Desmond Walters for SCBWI Bologna 2010
Barefoot Books has a delightful and inspiring founding story. How did your experiences when you were starting out shape the values of your company today?
The publishing values of the company have remained a constant since the beginning;
